Tag: child slavery

Iranian authorities have used excessive and lethal force against predominantly Kurds crossing the border from Iraq with goods for resale.High rates of unemployment and...

Antony J. Blinken, Secretary of State Press Statement July 5, 2024 The United States congratulates Mohamed Ould Ghazouani on his re-election to a second term as President...

The United States extends best wishes to His Holiness the Dalai Lama on the occasion of his 89th birthday.  Through his promotion of nonviolence...

Rape and sexual assault victims will be able to file a police report in more situations, descendants of enslaved people can change their name...

A Fort Bend politician, accused of creating fake Facebook accounts to attack his opponents, is now facing new allegations. A search warrant reveals that prosecutors...

A deeply problematic bill for a new Criminal Code is now approaching final approval in the Dominican Republic's Senate. The bill, which the Senate approved on...

(Nairobi) – South Sudan’s National Legislative Assembly on July 3, 2024, amended the law governing the National Security Service (NSS), in ways that will further...

New judiciary guidelines in China specify that crimes of secession by Taiwanese “separatists” are punishable under Chinese law. The guidelines authorize the use of...

In a recent meeting, Qatar’s advisory Shura Council proposed the government adopt measures that would require domestic workers to obtain their employer’s permission before being...

Throughout its Universal Periodic Review – a state-to-state rights review process at the United Nations Human Rights Council that concluded today – the Chinese government issued...

Yesterday, Brazil’s National Data Protection Authority issued a preliminary ban on Meta's use of personal data of users based in Brazil to train its artificial...

The African Union Commission and its specialized agency on girls and women’s education is currently hosting a conference in Addis Ababa with government ministers,...

(Bangkok) – Cambodian government-aligned unions are harassing and threatening legal action against the labor rights organization Center for Alliance of Labor and Human Rights (CENTRAL)...

(Brussels) – The European Union should reconsider its bilateral human rights dialogue with Vietnam and adopt more effective measures to address the Vietnamese government’s...